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Stray Dogs In Meghalaya Are "Dangerous" In Nature: High Court To Supreme Court
- Monday September 1, 2025
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury
In a significant development, the Meghalaya High Court has requested the Supreme Court to allow it to retain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the stray dogs menace.
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Supreme Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Fine On Centre Over "Frivolous" Petition
- Thursday April 25, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs 5 lakh on the Centre for challenging a Meghalaya High Court order, holding it was "sheer abuse" of the process of law.
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Meghalaya High Court Bans Display Of Animal Carcasses In Meat Shops
- Saturday May 27, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court has directed the state government to prohibit the display of animal carcasses in meat shops.
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High Court Setback For Ex Meghalaya MLA Sentenced To 25 Years In Jail For Rape
- Friday April 14, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court has refused to interfere with a trial court order sentencing former MLA Julius Dorphang to 25 years imprisonment for raping a minor girl.
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Court Rejects Meghalaya's "Grandiose" Plan To Tackle Illegal Coal Mining
- Wednesday March 15, 2023
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Samiran Mishra
The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday ordered the state government to modify its "rather grandiose plan" to deploy 21,600 CRPF personnel to check illegal coal mining in 12 districts.
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www.ndtv.com
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Armed Cops Must Be Deployed To Stop Illegal Mining In Meghalaya: Court
- Wednesday February 8, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court said it is necessary to call in the central armed police forces (CAPF) to stop the illegal mining and transportation of coal in the state. The court said this while hearing a PIL on Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Court Orders Interim Stay On Assam-Meghalaya Border Pact
- Friday December 9, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court has ordered an interim stay on physical demarcation or erection of boundary posts on the ground in connection with an interstate border pact signed by chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya earlier this year.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meghalaya High Court Seeks Report On Custodial Deaths Since 2012
- Thursday April 14, 2022
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
The Meghalaya High Court has directed the Inspector General of Prisons of the state police to file an affidavit with the complete list of persons who have died in custody since 2012, a court official said on Thursday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Rape Need Not Involve Removal Of Clothes: Meghalaya High Court
- Thursday March 17, 2022
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
A sexual assault even over underwear will amount to rape, and the accused will be charged under Section 375 (b) of the Indian Penal Code, the Meghalaya High Court said today.
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www.ndtv.com
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New Meghalaya Chief Justice Drives 2,000 km To Take Oath Amid Lockdown
- Monday April 27, 2020
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari
With trains and flights suspended because of the coronavirus lockdown, Justice Biswanath Somadder had to endure a 2,000-kilometre-long journey by car to take oath as the Meghalaya Chief Justice.
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Justice Muhammad Raffiq Takes Oath As Meghalaya High Court Chief Justice
- Wednesday November 13, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Justice Muhammad Raffiq, was on Wednesday sworn in as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court.
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Meghalaya High Court Sets Aside Former Judge's "Hindu Country" Verdict
- Saturday May 25, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court has set aside a controversial judgement written by a former judge, observing that India should have been declared a ''Hindu country'' after partition.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Sit In Corner": The Shillong Times Editor Held Guilty In Contempt Case
- Sunday March 10, 2019
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
The Meghalaya high court, in an order on Friday, held the editor of the newspaper - The Shillong Times - Patricia Mukhim and its publisher, Shobha Chaudhuri, guilty of contempt of court.
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Meghalaya Judge's "Hindu Country" Line To Be Deleted? Top Court To Decide
- Monday February 25, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma
The Supreme Court had agreed to look into a controversial remark on "Hindu country" made by a judge of the Meghalaya High Court last December.
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www.ndtv.com
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Top Court Won’t Withdraw Judicial Work From Meghalaya High Court Judge
- Saturday February 16, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court today refused to withdraw judicial work from Meghalaya High Court judge Justice Sudip Ranjan Sen who had created controversy by his remarks that India should have been declared a Hindu country at the time of partition in 1947.
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www.ndtv.com
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Stray Dogs In Meghalaya Are "Dangerous" In Nature: High Court To Supreme Court
- Monday September 1, 2025
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury
In a significant development, the Meghalaya High Court has requested the Supreme Court to allow it to retain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the stray dogs menace.
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www.ndtv.com
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Supreme Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Fine On Centre Over "Frivolous" Petition
- Thursday April 25, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs 5 lakh on the Centre for challenging a Meghalaya High Court order, holding it was "sheer abuse" of the process of law.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meghalaya High Court Bans Display Of Animal Carcasses In Meat Shops
- Saturday May 27, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court has directed the state government to prohibit the display of animal carcasses in meat shops.
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www.ndtv.com
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High Court Setback For Ex Meghalaya MLA Sentenced To 25 Years In Jail For Rape
- Friday April 14, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court has refused to interfere with a trial court order sentencing former MLA Julius Dorphang to 25 years imprisonment for raping a minor girl.
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www.ndtv.com
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Court Rejects Meghalaya's "Grandiose" Plan To Tackle Illegal Coal Mining
- Wednesday March 15, 2023
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Samiran Mishra
The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday ordered the state government to modify its "rather grandiose plan" to deploy 21,600 CRPF personnel to check illegal coal mining in 12 districts.
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www.ndtv.com
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Armed Cops Must Be Deployed To Stop Illegal Mining In Meghalaya: Court
- Wednesday February 8, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court said it is necessary to call in the central armed police forces (CAPF) to stop the illegal mining and transportation of coal in the state. The court said this while hearing a PIL on Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Court Orders Interim Stay On Assam-Meghalaya Border Pact
- Friday December 9, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court has ordered an interim stay on physical demarcation or erection of boundary posts on the ground in connection with an interstate border pact signed by chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya earlier this year.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meghalaya High Court Seeks Report On Custodial Deaths Since 2012
- Thursday April 14, 2022
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
The Meghalaya High Court has directed the Inspector General of Prisons of the state police to file an affidavit with the complete list of persons who have died in custody since 2012, a court official said on Thursday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Rape Need Not Involve Removal Of Clothes: Meghalaya High Court
- Thursday March 17, 2022
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
A sexual assault even over underwear will amount to rape, and the accused will be charged under Section 375 (b) of the Indian Penal Code, the Meghalaya High Court said today.
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www.ndtv.com
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New Meghalaya Chief Justice Drives 2,000 km To Take Oath Amid Lockdown
- Monday April 27, 2020
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari
With trains and flights suspended because of the coronavirus lockdown, Justice Biswanath Somadder had to endure a 2,000-kilometre-long journey by car to take oath as the Meghalaya Chief Justice.
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www.ndtv.com
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Justice Muhammad Raffiq Takes Oath As Meghalaya High Court Chief Justice
- Wednesday November 13, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Justice Muhammad Raffiq, was on Wednesday sworn in as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meghalaya High Court Sets Aside Former Judge's "Hindu Country" Verdict
- Saturday May 25, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Meghalaya High Court has set aside a controversial judgement written by a former judge, observing that India should have been declared a ''Hindu country'' after partition.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Sit In Corner": The Shillong Times Editor Held Guilty In Contempt Case
- Sunday March 10, 2019
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
The Meghalaya high court, in an order on Friday, held the editor of the newspaper - The Shillong Times - Patricia Mukhim and its publisher, Shobha Chaudhuri, guilty of contempt of court.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meghalaya Judge's "Hindu Country" Line To Be Deleted? Top Court To Decide
- Monday February 25, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma
The Supreme Court had agreed to look into a controversial remark on "Hindu country" made by a judge of the Meghalaya High Court last December.
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www.ndtv.com
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Top Court Won’t Withdraw Judicial Work From Meghalaya High Court Judge
- Saturday February 16, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court today refused to withdraw judicial work from Meghalaya High Court judge Justice Sudip Ranjan Sen who had created controversy by his remarks that India should have been declared a Hindu country at the time of partition in 1947.
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www.ndtv.com